Yedi Kardeş Tower

Date: ca. 1208
Main Work: Diyarbakır City Walls, Dişkale
Image View Description: Interior: Room inside Walls Northwest of Tower
Material/Technique: basalt
Work Type: architecture
Style/Period: Artuqid
Style/Period 2: Byzantine
Culture: Turkish
Culture: Kurdish
Location: Diyarbakır (Turkey)
Notes: The walls were originally completed in the 4th century CE and were rebuilt and expanded over time, this particular tower was built in the Artuqid period around 1208
Image Source: Photography by the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archeology, Columbia University
Photographer: Serdar Yalcin
Record ID: 1415_mmm2015_diyarbakirwalls_vr_015


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